Zurbriggen received his PhD in political science from the University of Geneva in 2002. While at the doctoral school at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris in 1995, he had
translated part of Pierre Bourdieu's The Weight of the World from French into German. His research interests lie at the crossroads of European economic governance, methodological
transnationalism and industrial relations. More information is available on his full academic profile.